Natty Greenes Old Town Brown

Brewed by Natty Greenes Pub & Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
Greensboro, North Carolina USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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I’m not a huge brown ale person, but this is the most complex and best tasting brown I have ever had.

Served at the pop the cap beer dinner in Charlotte via tap. Pours out a brown color with a brownish color head. Smell is nuts, chocolate, some coffee hints, and rich malty notes. Taste is sweet and surprisingly refreshing which is odd for a brown ale. Fresh is best, as was displayed by this beer. Drank some opened earlier, and it wasnt as good as the second round which was fresh off the keg. Not too bad stuff, surprisingly good actually.

This is a decent brown ale. It pours a deep chestnut color with a good-lacing ecru head. The aroma is a lightly roasted malt with some crushed nuts and a bit of milk chocolate. The flavor is a smoothly sweet roasted malt with some nutty bitterness... and then the chocolate sneaks up and delivers a hard kick in the finish. A good sessionable ale.

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on tap at Natty Green’s brewpub in Greensboro, NC. small creamy egg nog head. lighty, nutty flavors in the background. slightly bitter. intense burntness, burnt toast. doughy yeast. thick bands of lacing. a hint of alcohol. sweet finish that can be attributed to brown sugar. ok as far as browns go.

I was a little disappointed with this brew. I looked like it would be much better than it was. Pours dark brown with a nice tan colored head. Aroma is malty and chocolate. Flavor is very similar. This brew is missing flavor.

On tap at the brewpub, pours a dark brown, nice head and lacing. Tastes like a brown ale, and I can’t pretend to be a fan of brown ales. A bit of caramel and brown sugar. Not bad, if you like the style.

Draught at the Brewpub in Greensboro 3/25/06: Dark amber with a medium eggshell colored head. The head sticks nicely and lasts for most of the time I’m drinking. Caramel and toasted malt come through in the nose along with light crystal malt and a bit of earthy malt. The taste is earthy malt, caramel, and light brown sugar. Light-medium bodied, medium carbonated, finishes mild with some light earthy caramel notes.

Draught at the brewpub. Clear ruby brown color with thin tan head. No lacing and not much nose. Subtle brown sugar and caramel flavors. Crisp finish.

A nice deep chesnut brown body with a thin head. An aroma of roasted malt and bitter sweet chocolate notes. Smooth but no after flavor. Kind of a bland bitter sweetness.

Dark brown with hints of red. Thin white head. Mild roasted malt aroma. Almost no perceivable hops or yeasty flavors. Still manages to feel heavy. Almost no aftertaste. Underwhelming.